Not
long ago, when the mines and mills were booming and unions were much
stronger, organized labor’s power helped keep the region solidly
Democratic. But no longer. For one thing, union membership is down in
Pennsylvania, declining by 100,000 since 2008, to 747,000.

An
army veteran who served in the first gulf war, Mr. Brumfield is upset
with Mrs. Clinton for supporting tougher gun control. “I don’t believe
anybody has the constitutional right to take away anything from
anybody,” he said.

Michael
Korns, chairman of the Republican committee here in Westmoreland
County, is confident that Mr. Trump can win Pennsylvania, where Mr.
Obama defeated Mitt Romney in 2012 by a margin of 310,000 votes, 52
percent to 46.6 percent.

“It’s
a combination of the frustration that a lot of Americans feel--white,
blue-collar workers who believe the economy is passing them by, that
there’s still a recession, that wages haven’t kept pace,” Mr. Madonna
said. “There’s all this frustration, and then a master showman shows up
who says he’ll stick it to the establishment.”...